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Reloading Bench - by Skippy906. This is what happens when you sit and have a few beers with a guy that needed a new reloading bench. You end up with a rock solid, custom made bench. This bench is 8 ft. long, by 30” deep and 35” high. It has a 2×4 torsion style top with 3/4 MDF and Formica covering and edged in stained maple with a chamfer. Each section is separate, so this was basically 4 different builds. The drawer section is a basic carcass of birch, with stained maple fronts. The other end of the bench contains 2 slide out shelves. He is very pleased with the work and I have a lot of shells for the range now. Thanks for looking. -- Making progress. Box from pallets - by madts. Amish Style Toy Chest - by Randy Moseley. Zebrawood and Wenge Keepsake box - by Jorgearaujo. Ash Wall Shelves - by JoeRPhilly. Children's Blocks - by Hayeshandcrafted.

This is the first of three sets of blocks for my cousins. The only specifications I was given was that I needed all three to made out of different woods but identical in pieces so all three boys could play with them together but when it was time for everything to be cleaned up you could easily tell which blocks went into which box. I took surprisingly more design to get these blocks built than I originally anticipated but in the end it was a blast building these. I absolutely love making toys, I get a huge amount of satisfaction when all is done. The blocks are all built on a unit principle, for example the small square blocks in the bottom left are 1×3x3 (in my case 1unit = 3/4in. so a 1×3x3 was 3/4×2 1/4×2 1/4) So the blocks are as follows: Small Squares 1×3x3Mid Size Rectangles and Half Moon Rectangles 1×3x6Long Rectangles 1×3x9 If you haven’t guessed the small triangles started life as 1×3x3 and the bigger triangles were 1×3x6.

Maple Tree Coat Rack - by WoodHoppa. Christmas ornaments and snowmen - by GenuineGeek. Super-Simple Router Table - by SebringDon. Free-standing wooden pergola (sliding canvas cover) - ZEN LIGHT XL by Ludovica & Roberto Palomba - EXTETA. Marshmallow Crossbows - by socrbent. THIRD HAND CLAMPING RAIL - by kiefer. French Cleat System for my shop. - by BigRedKnothead.

Here’s the french cleat board I made for my shop. It’s one of those projects that will never feel quite “done”...so I’m just gonna post it. I made the cleat board a couple months ago, and I’ve been slowly adding various tills and racks. The latest being a till for my smoothing planes. A saw till and others are coming soon. About the build:It’s possible to mount the french cleats right on the wall. Realizing this, I wanted to stick with white oak and walnut like I used on my bench. Then, I had the idea to glue the cleats and screw them from the back of the plywood. Then I mounted the board to the wall with some big concrete anchors, and wiped it with a couple coats of danish oil. Then I just had fun making all sorts of tool holders. Each till gets a “hanger” mounted on the back. Questions and comments always welcome. -- Red -- “I ain't as good as I'm gonna get....but I'm better than I used to be.

" Walnut and Wenge Recurve Bow - by Chemeleon. French Cleat System for my shop. - by BigRedKnothead. Walnut and Wenge Recurve Bow - by Chemeleon. Crosscut sled V3.0 - this one's a keeper (with instructions) - by lumberjoe. Jewelry Box - by Jacquelyn Smith. This was my “scrapper” box. I always use scrap wood to make my joints first before cutting the actual project on hand. I had built a beautiful Lacewood fireplace mantle and had this wood left over from the job.

So I set my blade and cut it up and proceeded to make the box I intended to make. At the end of the evening I noticed that the scrap lacewood was very nice looking and perhaps I could make a box out of it. I put it together and it sat for quite some time. It took me a long time to decide what to do with it because I had not intensionally made the proportions.

I was in my earlier stages of learning how to make templates for inlay. Thanks for taking the time to check it out! Jacquelyn Smith -- perfect45degree.com. Sandpaper storage/detail station - by jeffswildwood. Simple Small Birch Jewelry box - by AdrianM. Hanging locker and storage bench - by Dan Nolan. Step-Up for toddler: a few firsts for me - by Kwit. Pallet wood Tray - by robscastle. A absolutely brilliant day here in Brisbane, and its Friday to boot. After all the family departed I wandered about lost, in my wanderings I spotted a piece of pallet frame begging to be reincarnated into something useful again. After seeing a few LJ balls and feet I thought I might see what I could come up with. My original concept was to have a tray balls on the sides two of course one on the bottom as a foot and one on the top as shown however I did not have the depth in the tray to do this so it turned into a rounded corner post.

Construction: Apart from the shaper the compact belt sander would have done the most work in rough out profiling.Talk about make some sawdust I was covered in it. What is is for ? Who knows “Straight to the pool room” for the short term. Saleable, not really its a roughie! Time to clean up. enjoy -- Regards Robert. Drawing box - by Paula Perry. TAMASIA - by kiefer. Some Banksia Nut beauty. - by ruddy.

Inside a banksia nut Mother Nature has a hidden treasure that rarely gets discovered. On this box I made the lid insert from banksia nuts that were cut radially to get the beautiful array as a feature. The discs were cut and assembled to get the pattern to show off the radiating flecks. Banksia nuts are very hard and when machined and sanded yield a surface that polishes well.You can see in this picture, Mother Nature at her best. The box is an Asian Style that I favour not only because of the appearance but also, with a divided tray and a drawer, it is a very practical box.

The box is made from Australian Rosewood and the four corner posts are American Oak. The tray under the lid is fixed in place so that the lid hinges to about 95 degrees and is made from one piece of rosewood.The box measures approx. 300 mm x 200 mm x 130 mm high. -- And my head I'd be a scratchin' A heavy duty lifter - by wiswood2. Baby High Chair - by Terry Dale Shampo. Make Your Own Balls! (sorry) couldn't be helped.. Update on My Sphere cutting Adventures - by Izzy Swan.

New Dividers - by Andy. Mondrian Inspired Dining Table - by Jacquelyn Smith. I began this piece quite a while ago. I was commissioned to do another piece so I had to put this on the back burner. Then I was in a bike accident and everything got put on hold. I am glad to be working even if I am not recovered 100%. At last, I am grateful to be finished with this beautiful table! This is a very nice dining table, 41” wide, 29” high and 85 3/4” long, made from repurposed Fir beams, American Cherry, Walnut and Jatoba.

I was expanding my shop (taking another room from the house) and took out these floor beams. Coming down to it was another feat altogether. This is my first ‘big’ project that I have designed and made with the intention of selling. Thanks for stopping by! -- perfect45degree.com. Headboard, Dresser, bedside tables and more - by Jacquelyn Smith. This is a beautiful project packed full of function. It is a headboard, dresser, two bedside tables with book shelves and drawers, reading lights and storage cubbies behind the pillow area. The bed is located in the center of the room. When you enter the room at the top of the stairs through french doors you see the dresser, open screen and a vista at the top of the mountain.

The bed is on the other side of the dresser snugged up to the unit. The four cubby holes are behind the pillow area. Each cubbie has holes for wiring and there is a power strip located in the center of the dresser side. The spaces between the cubbies are all wire chases. The Headboard has recessed lights that I built so that the clients can read in bed. The front dresser has 6 drawers, one in the top center is a jewelry drawer. Around the back I have a pull out on each side of the bed. I used American Cherry Armorcore, walnut and tigerwood. Thanks for stopping by! -- perfect45degree.com. Twin bed - by ewinger. New Dividers - by Andy. Child's Rocker - by gilbo. The design for this rocker was given to me by Sam, a woodworker in Port Alberni, BC, Canada over 20 years ago. The patterns sat around in my locker for 15 years before I decided to make one.

This is a puzzle design that has no nails screws or fasteners of any kind. I have built 3 so far and each is improved a little over the last one. This one was made of solid white oak, that wasn’t so white after all but I preferred it that way. The chair is VERY solid if the interlocks are tight and I has pictures with multiple kids trying to destroy it with no success. -- You have all the resources you need, no matter what you may believe. Drill Press Table - by jaysuzi. Shop Cabinets - by HillbillyShooter. This design evolved from an article in the November 1984 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine. However, I decided to enlarge the tool units and use glass doors instead of solid plywood as shown in that article.

This was my first major piece of shop furniture to be designed and built after I moved to my present home back in 1992—probably made in 1993-1994. Also, it is the one and only time I used the mortising attachment for my drill press. The design has worked well for me; and, being a “toolaholic” I enjoy being able to see my toys while I’m in the shop. The construction is of hard maple plywood for the carcass with hard maple trim; and, all doors and drawers are hard maple. As always, comments (good, bad, critical or whatever) are very much appreciated. P.S. -- John C. -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth. " Bad Uncle - by Tim_H. So my latest project is not a thing of absolute beauty. It is something I did because I am known as the “bad Uncle” or the “fun Uncle” depending on who you ask (my brother and sister or my nieces and nephews).

My family lives on the other side of the country and I only see them every two years or so, which means when I do see my nieces and nephews I like to come bearing gifts so that they will remember when Uncle Tim comes to town. This trip I will be bringing my nephews small wooden catapults that will launch rubber “bouncy balls” about 2 1/2 to 3 feet. I did not spend a ton of time building these (about an hour each to cut, assemble and sand), attention to detail was minimal.

I wanted to ensure insure that they would stand the test of time but I was not too fussy about making sure every small detail was sanded to perfection or that each piece was a glorious masterpiece of beauty. They are going to be kids toys after all! Thanks for looking! Credenza - quarter-sawn walnut - by joejt.